Solon His Follie, Or, A Politique Discourse Touching The Reformation Of Common-weales Conquered, Declined Or Corrupted


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RICHARD BEACON SOLON HIS FOLLIE (1594) cneDievAL & ReMAissAWce xexTS & STuDies Volume 154 RENAISSANCE ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY SEVENTH SERIES VOLUME XVin (FOR 1993) SOLON HIS FOLLIE, A POLITIQUE DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE Reformation of common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted. BY RICHARD BEACON An Annotated Edition by Clare Carroll and Vincent Carey cneOievAL & RCKiAissAKice tc^ts & sruOies Binghamton, 1996 NY — © Copyright 1996 Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies State University of New York at Binghamton Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Becon, Richard. Solon his follie, or, A politique discourse touching the reformation of common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted / by Richard Beacon; an annotated edition by Clare Carroll and Vincent Carey. — (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies; cm. p. v. 154) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86698-194-2 1. Politics century. 1955- . — (alk. paper) — — — — —16th century. —Ireland—Mtmster— and government 16th century. 2. Munster (Ireland) and governemnt. 3. Land tenure Ireland Munster History 16th Ireland Politics ^History 4. British II. DA937.B43 Carey, Vincent, 19611996 . HI. Title. I. — Carroll, Clare, IV. Series. 325 '.3142 '0941909031—dc20 95-41147 CIP This book is made to last. smyth-sewn, and printed on acid-free paper It is set in Palatino, to library specifications. Printed in the United States of America Table of Contents Acknowledgements vii ix Abbreviations Introduction, Part 1: Richard Beacon's Irish Experience 2: The xiii Vincent Carey Introduction, Part Text, Its Sources, and Traditions xxvi Clare Carroll Textual Introduction xliv Clare Carroll Solon hisfollie Book I Book n Book 1 39 m 89 Textual Notes 147 Selected Bibliography 149 In Memory of John Blake Carroll (1913-1962) and Thomas G. Carey (1969-1991) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In our research in the field of early greatly helped ual scholars. who from by We modem tracts on Ireland, we were the work and advice would especially like of fellow historians to and text- thank Brendan Bradshaw the earliest stages of the project advised us about the im- portant differences among the various New English authors. Nicholas Canny also gave us useful criticism from the outset. Roger Deakins, Hiram Morgan, and Michael MacCarthy-Morrogh deserve special thanks for sharing their unpublished work with us, much of which was crucial to our interpretation of Beacon's text and context. We have benefitted from the encouragement and inspiration of our teachers Karl Bottigheimer, James V. MiroUo, and the late Helena from colleagues Steven Ellis and Margaret MacCurtain. Thanks are also due to John Williams for his seminar on imperialism, Jill Kraye for her advice on research. Amy Mandelker for the use of her office, and Fred Nichol
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